# In which I delurk **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 10, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210 "2006-06-10T16:17:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/41 "2006-06-11T00:06:28Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] And I think Picard could take Kirk in all the ways that really matter. [/QUOTE] Such is the beauty of a free nation. You are entitled to that opinion, and I once wore a uniform to defend that very right. However, I will observe that it wasn’t Kirk that let a bunch of freakin Ferengi capture the Enterprise, and thusly do I claim the moral highground for the duration of the debate. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/42 "2006-06-11T00:09:58Z")
[QUOTE=Anastasaeon] Welcome, **Oakminster**. Stick around. I like you. You’re funny. 😃 [/QUOTE] Thank you. I’ll be here for the forseeable future. Try those waitresses and tip the veal…or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/43 "2006-06-11T00:13:45Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Thereby proving you’re several flavours of nerd, and not just a faceless “et-al”-ian. [/QUOTE] Aren’t we all truly several flavors of nerd? Is even being ubercool not a flavor of nerdness at base levels? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/44 "2006-06-11T00:24:14Z")
The fact that you ask the question proves that you’re one of us… ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/45 "2006-06-11T00:36:55Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] The fact that you ask the question proves that you’re one of us… [/QUOTE] Thou art God, Brother or Sister as the case may be. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/46 "2006-06-11T02:38:13Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] The fact that you ask the question proves that you’re one of us… [/QUOTE] Yes, but can he play Dixieland jazz? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/47 "2006-06-11T03:11:12Z")
Is it just me, or does everyone else imagine a shimmering Romulan warship (or a person shimmering in the same fashion) whenever someone delurks? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/48 "2006-06-11T03:28:55Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] …snip…Unless you manifest some deal-breaking abberation, like rooting for the Yankees or putting beans in your chili, _I’ll_ pay your membership dues!..snip… [/QUOTE] Oh, would you stop with the random Yankee Bashing already. You treat us Yankee Fans like we’re all Right Wing Republicans or Orcs or something. Meanwhile back to the Op: Welcome to the Board, enjoy the stay and you won me over with > [@](#): > > 1. Kirk woulda kicked Picard’s ass. & > 2. My Grok-fu is six slotted. So do you root for a baseball team? How about NFL? Now the big one…Do you like the Lord of the Rings? Jim {Hi, Loune and Hi, Excalibre} ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/49 "2006-06-11T03:37:03Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] I can’t afford to drive a Goat, and in my realm, squid are considered bait. [/QUOTE] In the Straight Dope squid baits you! Welcome to the boards. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/50 "2006-06-11T03:51:15Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Meanwhile back to the Op: Welcome to the Board, enjoy the stay and you won me over with So do you root for a baseball team? How about NFL? Now the big one…Do you like the Lord of the Rings? Jim {Hi, Loune and Hi, Excalibre} [/QUOTE] In baseball, I’ve rooted for the Braves since they could reliably be expected to be at least 20 games out of first by the end of April. In the NFL, my team is the Saints. (Sports bets are generally not profitable for me) As for liking LOTR, doesn’t everyone? It does have flaws, however. In reality, we all know a raid level Norrathian Druid, such as myself, could have quadkited the Dark Riders, solo’d the Baalrog for the phat lewt, and safely delivered to Ringbearer all before extended KEI wore off. Clearly Gandaalf was wise enough to request assistance from the Interversal Druid Alliance. I blame the errors in the account in the books on faulty reporting by the Bard’s Guild. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/51 "2006-06-11T03:54:32Z")
[QUOTE=Anastasaeon] Yes, but can he play Dixieland jazz? 😛 [/QUOTE] Why yes I can. On the radio, and on other types of stereophonic equipment. Why I would do that instead of playing classic rock, folk, and other hippie music is unclear, but I certainly could. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/52 "2006-06-11T04:08:19Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Oh, would you stop with the random Yankee Bashing already. You treat us Yankee Fans like we’re all Right Wing Republicans or Orcs or something. [/QUOTE] I’d say all of the above is true. Right Wing Republicans (the kinds that looooooove them some Ann Coulter) +Orcs +or something (feel free to add in Very Icky Things, like putting your foot in your coziest slipper only to realize it’s packed full of snot) * * * Yankees Fans Yeah, that’s about right. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/53 "2006-06-11T05:59:25Z")
Right-wing Republican orcs. I can just see them, in their natty pin-striped suits and briefcases, just fresh off the battlefield, weary from a long day of bashing and day trading. And Picard never stooped to any silly toupee. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/54 "2006-06-11T06:20:16Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] Right-wing Republican orcs. I can just see them, in their natty pin-striped suits and briefcases, just fresh off the battlefield, weary from a long day of bashing and day trading. And Picard never stooped to any silly toupee. 😃 [/QUOTE] I like orcs. It’s great fun to round up hordes of them in newbie zones, brace myself against a wall to avoid being interupted, and blast them to oblivion with a point blank area of effect spell. Elf chicks dig orcslayers. And Kirk schtupped many more space gals than Picard and Riker combined. ;j ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/55 "2006-06-11T15:33:55Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] And Kirk schtupped many more space gals than Picard and Riker combined. [/QUOTE] Which is the real reason he kept McCoy around. “Um, Doc? I’ve got this sore on my…” “Again?” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/56 "2006-06-11T15:37:25Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] Such is the beauty of a free nation. You are entitled to that opinion, and I once wore a uniform to defend that very right. However, I will observe that it wasn’t Kirk that let a bunch of freakin Ferengi capture the Enterprise, and thusly do I claim the moral highground for the duration of the debate. [/QUOTE] Picard didn’t do that either – Riker was in command at the time. There exists some fanfic out there wherein Riker got court-martialed (and hopefully busted down to civilian) for losing his ship without even the slightest pretense of repelling boarders. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/57 "2006-06-11T16:10:41Z")
:: enters thread late :: Sorry about that. I was unavoidably detained. The dog was eating the bicycle seat. Welcome, **Oakminster**. We have a welcoming banquet in Room One, if the calamari hasn’t gotten to it. I’ll go and check. :: trots off :: :: sploosh AIIEEE _thud_ _pop_ _pop_ crash tinkle tinkle :: Uh-oh ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/58 "2006-06-11T20:37:26Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] :: enters thread late :: We have a welcoming banquet in Room One, if the calamari hasn’t gotten to it. I’ll go and check. :: trots off :: :: sploosh AIIEEE _thud_ _pop_ _pop_ crash tinkle tinkle :: Uh-oh [/QUOTE] I do appreciate the welcome, just can’t bring myself to eat bait. I’ll be in the bar and/or smoking area… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/59 "2006-06-11T20:42:36Z")
You do realize that _eating_ bait ain’t exactly the issue here, right? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-delurk/360210/60 "2006-06-11T20:44:41Z")
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